JAGGS A.

Given Names:  Albert Edward Watson

Service Number:  2696

Unit:  60th Battalion, 6th reinforcements                                                                            

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number:  145986

Age:  21 Yrs  1 Mth

Occupation:  Clerk                                                                                                          

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION     

Height:  5 Ft  7½ In                   

Weight:  148 Lbs

Chest:  33½-35 In

Hair:  Fair

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fair

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  22/9/1916

Place:  Bendigo

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Charles Edward Jaggs

190 Grassland Road, South Hackney, London, England                                                     

Embarkation Date:  2/10/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                        

Ship:  HMAT Nestor A71

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Takada  

Embarked:  24/12/1918                              

Disembarked:  11/2/1919

Unit:  58th Battalion                                                                                                                       

Rank:  Corporal

Discharge Date:  21/3/1919                        

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  Awarded

Victory Medal:  Awarded

Other:    Military Medal

BIRTH

Date or Year:    31/7/1895

Place:  London, England                           

Father:  Charles Edward JAGGS              

Mother:  Hannah WATSON

MARRIAGE

Year:  1919     

Place:             

Spouse: Julia Margaret PIERCE

DEATH

Date or Year: 8/9/1967                            

Place: Brighton, Victoria                           

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 30/9/1918; shrapnel wound, face & left thigh

Military Medal awarded for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during operations near Harbonnieres, east of Villers-Bretonneux on 9/8/1918

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  V85261                                        

Date Enlisted:  17/6/1940                                         

Date Discharged:  15/12/1946

COMMENTS

Was living at Hartington Street, Kew when enlisted